Minnesota · Census place 2731706

Janesville, Minnesota

Janesville is a city in Waseca County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,462 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 239th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,462
#239 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+0.5%
+12 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
1,599 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Janesville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

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Janesville population, 2020 to 2024

Janesville added 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -25.

2,45020202,47020212,48820222,48720232,4622024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,446. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Janesville covers 1.54 square miles of land, for 1,599 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Janesville is close to the typical town.

What county Janesville is in

All of Janesville's residents live in Waseca County, which had 18,684 residents in 2024. Janesville holds 13.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Janesville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Janesville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56048. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Janesville is

The Census internal point of Janesville is at 44.119800, -93.709700. Saint Paul, the capital, is 65.0 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eagle Lake, MN (3,333 people), 9.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 61.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.119800, -93.709700
DMS
44°07'11.28"N 93°42'34.92"W
UTM
15N 443215.0E 4885423.7N
Geohash
9zv6gxf8m
Plus code
86P8479R+W4

Daylight in Janesville

At 44.12° N, Janesville gets about 15 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Janesville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Madison Lake, 8.1 miles away, with 1,314 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Janesville, MN?

2,462 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 12 (0.5%) from 2,450 in July 2020.

What county is Janesville in?

Waseca County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Janesville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56048.

How far is Janesville from Saint Paul?

65.0 miles (104.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Janesville.

What is the nearest larger city to Janesville?

Eagle Lake, MN, with 3,333 residents, 9.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.